The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-04

,,ay." she said .vith such tactful sympathy
ii.at lis sensitive mettlo was not offended
.:.r;s natural We should lie. Hts alters so
Folks kin say what they please, but fouteh
terrible ,ryin' to tho narvcs, no matter "he
| docs bit. Ny husband WIZ in The Mexican
| war. en- he's often tole me thet fur "ScEF
| a,'ter TIC lutt!c ~ l;unar Niaty he t'ouldn I!
lnal tvi., snap withcutcn his heart poP'"i4
| ri@i.t M inter his mouth, and hit wnz Sc
will everybody else, much cz they tr''" rel
! n|ay rT uiro,l@arn"l like.
"Ah, really said Harry, deeply Interested
in all that concerned this woman, whose !'e-
marla;lo qualities were implcs,iny them
selves; uDol his recognition. "What part OF
+! The army did your husband belong to!'
"IIc w,,z in tho Kentucky regiment COM
! n,amicd by Kunncl Henry Clay, son o. the
greet Ileary Clay, who wuz killed thar. My
husband was promoted to lcftenant fur his
b,.av'ry in the battle.
"rlc., this i, not your first experience with
war!'
$40. imiceG,' said she, with just trace OF
pride swelling in tho temples delicate net.
worl; Of blue veins. "Tho FOrtnels an the
Drills :r soljcr families. an ther young men
lIcv sboul.lcrcd tller guns whenever the
country needed foutcn men. Great gram
fathers: Drill an Tortncr come inter the state
alo::s will. Dan'l Doone nigh on ter hun-
,l,pd years ago, and sence then them an ther
descendants hcv fit Injuns, Brittishers an
M,:.:i,:iss cv'ry time an inimy raised a sword
a.in the country
"Many of them lose their lives:"
"Yrs: cv'ry war hez cost the families some
member. Granfa,hc,s Brill an: Fortncr war
DO. II on lem Titled at the Injun ambush ut
Glue Lic!:s wux only @ baby when my
father wuz killed at the massacre OF Win.
cl,cster's mc.l at tho River Raisin. Ny
brOthcr' -
"Fathcr Of the man was with yestcr-
day!"
".,o; his father wuz my oldest brother.
Ny youngest brother--thc baby of tho FAM
ily-wu, mortally wounded by copper ball
in tho charge ON the bishops palace ut tho
takin' o Monterey"
Sand your ll,sband--hc went through tho
war safely, dill he's
The pleasant, mobile lines upon tho Woman'S
face conscalcd into stony hardness. At tho
moment of Harry's question she was begin
ming to count tho stitches III her work for
so,nc feminine mystery of narrowing or
"turnins.' She stopped, and hands and knit
ting dropped into her lap.
"My husband" she said slowly and bitterly,
"wuz spared by tho Mcxikas thct he lit, but
not by his own countrymcn an nci,hbors.
amongst whom he wuz brunS up. His blood
WIZ not poured out on the soil he invaded.
but wuz drunk by tho land his foyrfathcrs an
Linsncn he'd died fur The go,llcss Greasers
Oh the llier Grantle war kinder ter him nor
tho Christian gentlemen OH the Rockassc'
The Intensity and bitterness Of the utter
Gncc revealed u long coming of the express
sion Of bitter truths.
"lIc lost his life, then," said Harry. par
TALLY comprchc,nli,y, "in sor,c OF tho
troubles around hcrc!"
"IIa wuz killed bcisasc he wouldn't help
break down what hit he'd cost so much ter
build up He wuz killed bckaso he thot II
pore mans life with moen u rich mans mig
.c:. lie WI. killed bclsasc lo b'liovcd this
whole country belonged ter tho ,"cl who'd lit
fur hit an made hit what hit is, an t!,ct hit
wuz!it plantation fur a passcl o slave
drivers ter boss an divide up jess G: bit s,,tcl
EN-"
"Why, thought all you Kentuckians wevc
strongly in favor of keeping the negroes in
slavery" sail Harry in an,azem"nt.
"l>"pil' the nics:crs cz slaves uin't tho
question at nll We folks air c3 fur from
niil' Abolitionists ez cnnyboly. Hits u
battle now with a lot NV 'ristocrats who'd
take our rights away"
Il don't quite understand your position"
sail Harry.
"lliIs Lckase 70 don't understand the
country. Tho people down hcah air divided
into three classes. Fust thar's tho few very
rich families t.'ct hcv !,iS farms over in the
duo Grass with lots o ni-ses ter work 'cn,.
Then thars the middle cl;lSs---li!>c the Fort
!cls an the D:ills--thcy hev small farms in
the creek vallics, an w,arcvcr t!,ars good
tanl on tho mounting, stiles, who Ecy no mig.
gers, an who try ter lead God-tcarin', hard.
wo:.;n lives, an support their rar,'lics do.
:rAtly. Lastly, thars the pore white trash,
t!ct lives way UP in tho ho!crs an on the
wuthless lan.!s aiou: the hcadwatc;.s. THEY'VE
little patches o corn ter make tncr bread
stuff, an Depend on hun,in', lishin, an
stcan' fur the rest o tIler vi;tlcs. THEY'VE
half Il ,loa,m guns in every cabin, l.ut nary a
ho'; they've more yallcr dogs than ,!l, rest
o rs hcv sheep, an they find hit . good deal
handler ter kill other folks hogs than ter
raj" tlnr own PORK"
AAt'"'N 'NSii HCl.ruiiOrS, SDOCIu
thin", vrn,ur,l Harry.
"lIl,'S war all the time between our kind q
people an them other kinds. Boil, On 'clu
ha;cs us like lizer, an' Oh our sidr--well, wo
air Christians, but we rrcl:oa ,l,ct when
Chris: toc us ter lovo our inimirs. an tio
good ter them cz dcspiteiully used us, 10
couldn't hov he'd no idcc how mean people
would ;;it ter bc long arter he left the airlh."
larry could not help smiling at this new
adaptation Of IL Scriptural mandate
"Ill,, low down whites hates US bck,,se we
amt mean an orlery ~ ,.ry air, M hold
ourselves above cm The hi:,Luys hates us
bek;'sc wc won't knucSlc down ter ON, cz
Tier niSsels an the pore whites DO. So hits
cat an do:s all tho lime We dou't belong
ter the same parties. We don't jinc the same
Churches, an tlar's more or less trouble
a-swinc ca between us an them cosltinnerly. "
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